Transcript Four inconsistent pictures, some questions and no answers: some notes about research libraries in modern times Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Research Cambridge University Library, 13

Four inconsistent pictures, some questions and no
answers: some notes about research libraries in
modern times
Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Research
Cambridge University Library, 13 October 2008
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Slide 1. Picture of Sterling Memorial Library. Günter Waibel.
Slide 17. From avlxyz on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avlxyz/2077892948/. License:
Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
Slide 10. eBoy foobar poster. http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/wpcontent/uploads/shop/EBY_FooBar_35t.png. Available from
http://shop.eboy.com/.
Slide 21. Bondi Bay. Sydney. Powerhouse Museum. On Flickr
commons.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2363539264/
Also at:
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=30
669. No known copyright restrictions.
CREDITS
SETTING EXPECTATIONS
Crude,
Simplistic &
Reductive
Jokes
Materials workflow and the library systems management
environment
ONE
User
environment
End User Access
Materials
workflow
Bought/
Physical
Elctronic/ Digitised/
Licensed
Digital
Management
environment
Management
Management
Special
colls/
Archives
Find It
User
environment
End User Access
Get It
Library &
Network
Resource
Bought/
Physical
Elctronic/ Digitised/
Licensed
Digital
Metadata
Content
Management
environment
Management
Manage
It
Special
colls/
Archives
User
environment
Find It
OPAC
MetaSearch
A-Z Access
NxtGen
End User
Website
Get It
ILL/CIRC
Library &
Network
Resource
Bought/
Physical
LINK RESOLVER
SPECIAL
Elctronic/ Digitised/
Licensed
Digital
Special
colls/
Archives
Metadata
MARC
A&I
XXX
DC
EAD
Content
Management
environment
ILS
ERM
REPOSITORY SPECIAL
Management
Manage
It
Maths
Catalog
Some thoughts about collections
TWO
Stewardship
high
Low-High
Low-Low
Books & Journals
low
Open source software
Newsgroup archives
Special Collections
Rare books
Local/Historical Newspapers
Local History Materials
Archives & Manuscripts
Theses & dissertations
High-Low
Research & Learning
Materials
Institutional records
high
High-High
Freely-accessible
web resources
Uniqueness
Newspapers
Gov Documents
CD & DVD
Maps
Scores
low
COLLECTIONS
ePrints/tech reports
Learning objects
Courseware
E-portfolios
Research data
Prospectus
Insitutional website
GRID
high
Uniqueness
low
Stewardship
high
low
Print (B&J)
• Value
Licensed
• Purchaser
• Licensed
• Scholarly record?
• Book content
BOOKS
– Opportunity cost
• Systemwide
AND JOURNALS
– Storage
– Digitization
– Preservation
The new institutional
record
high
Uniqueness
low
Stewardship
high
low
• The outputs of
research and learning
Archives and special
collections
• Mobilize in learning
and research
• Digitize
THE
NEW SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS?
– Data – big and small
– Eprints, learning
materials
– A life’s work on a thumb
drive
• Records management
– Podcasts, videos, …
– Website, prospectus, …
– Business records
Library services in the new network environment
THREE
Network level
workflow
Google, …
Personal
Workflow
RSS,
toolbars, ..
Institutional
Workflow
Portals,
VLE, IR, …
User environments
Management environment
Integrated
local user
environment?
Library web
presence
Resource
sharing, …
library
Bought
Archives
Licensed
Digitized
Faculty&
students
Aggregations
Resource sharing
Then: Resources scarce; attention abundant
Now: Attention scarce; resources abundant
Then: users built workflow around libraries
Now: library must build services around user workflow
Discovery happens elsewhere
A feed-based universe
Google scholar
Value and risk
FOUR
User experience
Collections
Expertise
Systems and
services
H&SS
A&H
Collections
Bought
Licensed
Inst.
User
Experience
Place
Network
Expertise
Systems
&
services
Apps
InfraStructure
STM
SS
Bio Sci
Prof
Med
Physci
Eng
Bsns
Law
Thank you
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